Wednesday, April 29, 2015

Review - Protein Waffles from Body&FitShop

Hi there guys!

Today I will write in Dutch because I will do a review of a product from a Dutch site, body&fitshop.
Aangezien ik al meerdere keren gevraagd ben of de proteine wafelmix van body&fitshop aan te raden was of niet. Vandaar deze review!

Afgelopen verjaardag heb ik van een paar lieve vriendinnetjes een wafelijzer gekregen. Eentje die enorm schattige hartjes maakt (aanrader, dat maakt het ontbijt al meteen zo veel leuker!) en iets waar ik al heel erg lang naar uitkeek nadat ik steeds meer overheerlijke gezonde wafelfoto's op instagram zag langskomen.
Iemand wees me erop dat de body & fitshop een eiwit wafelmix had (1000 gram voor 8,50). Aan deze mix hoef je alleen 160 ml water bij 2 scheppen (met het meegeleverde schepje) mix toe te voegen. Super handig! Kijk alleen wel uit dat de mix niet te waterig wordt, dat werd het bij mij vandaag en dan komt er geen mooie wafel uit. Dit is overigens makkelijk op te lossen door er gewoon wat meer poeder bij te voegen.
De smaak is prima, heerlijke wafels en nog heerlijker met welke topping die je maar wilt. De smaak is heel fijn neutraal, waardoor je zo creatief met toppings kunt zijn als je wilt. Een beetje jammer daardoor is wel dat je altijd dezelfde smaak hebt, terwijl als je gewoon een recept volgt en hier eiwitpoeder aan toevoegd, je ook andere smaken wafels kunt maken door andere smaakjes eiwitpoeder toe te voegen (en daar komen de zakjes met verschillende smaakjes eiwitpoeder van de body&fitshop dan weer goed van pas!), Bij een gewoon recept heb je alleen wel het gedoe van afmeten, eierschalen, van alle ingrediƫnten een beetje... Bij deze mix is het twee scheppen en wat water en klaar. Zeker een aanrader dus, maar het is ook zeker te doen met een receptje met eiwitpoeder erin!

Heb je nog vragen over deze mix, of over een ander product? Laat het me weten!

Lovelovelove, Iris

Monday, April 27, 2015

#MotivationMonday - Sophie

Hi there guys!

Although it's been a bit quiet on this blog for the last 2 weeks (internal struggles, sorry. But I'm back!) it's time for another #MotivationMonday and today it's time to introduce you guys to the reason why I started to get interested in a healthy lifestyle - Sophie.

I met Sophie a few years ago because we both liked the same artist. After a while I started to follow her fit account, something I had never heard about before. She posted recipes, runs, workouts... And made me think. Made me jealous. Made me want to do it too. Being insecure, I didn't so I kept looking at it with jealousy. But the more she posted, the more I wanted it too. So I did, with baby steps. Because of her I learned about the fitworld, about how eating healthy and working out makes you not only look better but most of all feel better. Because of her I am feeling so much better now and I am thankful for that.

Sophie is such an enthusiastic person that even when you don't feel like it, she will be able to convince you to go for that workout, go for that run or go for that delicious healthy food. On her instagram (go follow her, @sophealthy) she posts her foods, workouts and other inspiration. She is one really good reason to start with Kayla Itsines Bikini Body Guide because if you look at her pictures you want to start immediately too. With pictures of her food that so pretty (seriously, I get hungry the moment I see those pictures!), a body that inspires so much (if you do not get inspired by that body to work out I honestly don't know what will inspire you) and an attitude that brightens the whole room (she is one of the sweetest people I know) you should definitely follow her. Go do it. Go for it. Click on this link. You know you want it. Now go do it.

Love love love, Iris


Monday, April 13, 2015

#MotivationMonday - Isa Hoes

#Motivation Monday

From now on, Motivation Monday is a thing on my blog! Every other Monday I’ll have (or I will try to have, don’t pin me down on this) a person that is a personal motivation to me that I will share with you. These can be other bloggers, Instagram-users, people I know personally,  celebrities, Dutch or international… It doesn’t matter, as long as they are motivating me in some way.

Today I kick #MotivationMonday off with a Dutch actress, Isa Hoes. I personally met her a few weeks ago and that evening inspired me so much that I’d like to talk to you guys about her, even though she is Dutch. She became famous here about 20 years ago when she played a role in the first Dutch soap, Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden. She met her husband here, Antonie Kamerling. After this she did a lot of tv series, plays and other works. She also got two children with her husband. Almost 5 years ago, Antonie decided to take his own life. After a while she wrote a book about her life with him, which, surprisingly, is more of a love story between two people that love each other rather than about the depression itself. That is one of the reasons why the book hit me so hard. You know how it ends, you know what will happen and during the book all you can think is “Please let it end differently, these two people love each other so much..”

A few weeks ago I went to the book signing/ book reading of this book. When Isa entered the room, the room filled itself with positivity and energy. There was something about her, that inspired me the moment she walked in. The way she stands in life, her positivity, her energy that just screams she tries to make the best out of life, inspires me. It makes me want to enjoy life like that too, to search for all the beautiful things in life and enjoy them to the fullest. This is still one of my weaknesses, I tend to let my stress and failures take over from all the beauties in life. This is also the case in fitness & health – I tend to let every failure, every binge eating and things like that take over and then I get so mad at myself that I stop all the good things I do. Right now I have a picture frame with the picture of us in my room with the text “Have a beautiful day” to remind myself that there are so many beautiful things in life and that, like her, I should choose to see the beauty of it every single day.

Do you guys have any motivating people in your life? Let me know in the comments below or Instagram me with #Iris2point0 or tag me with @iris2.0. I love to get inspired!
Lovelovelove,

Iris

Ps. Another reason for her to be motivation? That body, at her age... Just wow! Definitely motivation there!
Pps. Want to see her? Her movie, De Ontsnapping, will be in the Dutch cinema's at the end of April. I already saw the movie and it is a-ma-zing! Go see it!

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

Healthy Breakfast Cheesecake

Hi there beauties!

Oh my gosh you guys, this morning was such a good morning. And not because my whole morning was spend studying (so not cool, school, so not cool) but because I got the best breakfast ever. That's right, you heard me. Best. Breakfast. Ever. And easy too! Best thing about it? I didn't have to feel guilty at all! It was basically what I always eat for breakfast, but then shaped as a piece of pie. Because I am not a mean person (and basically because this recipe is based on someone else's recipe, search for the user fitgirl.lau on instagram for the original one) I am sharing it with you guys! Get ready for deliciousness.

You will need:
- Half a banana (you can use the other half for the topping)
- 45 grams of oatmeal
- 50 ml of water
- 500 grams of quark
- 1 scoop of whey. This is mostly to make it more sweet and to give it some flavour, this probably can be replaced by some sugar or sugar replacement and something with flavour
- 3 sheets of gelatin
- Toppings

How to make it? Pre-heat the oven on 180 degrees. Mash half a banana and add 45 grams of oatmeal and 50 ml water. Mix this together, put it in a baking mold (I used one which was about 20 cm big) and bake in an oven for about 10 minutes. Now prepare the gelatin using the instructions on the package and mix this with the quark and whey. When the bottom part comes out of the oven you can place this mixture on top of it, add some toppings of your choice and put it in the fridge for a night or day. Trust me, you will never want another breakfast. I know I have been looking forward to breakfast tomorrow ever since breakfast today ended. 

Usually I eat about 150 grams of quark with 10 grams of oats and some toppings. I took 1/4th piece of this cheesecake for breakfast this morning, which means I had about 125 grams of quark, 11 grams of oats, 1/4th scoop of whey and 1/4th banana for breakfast. You see how little difference there is, while this breakfast feels like such a party? And the beauty is, you can make so many different variations! I used a banana whey and topped it with banana and forest fruits, but imagine the variations.. I know I can't wait to try them out! Please let me know if you baked them (in the comments, tag me on instagram with (iris2.0) or use the hashtag #iris2point0) and please, enjoy!

Lovelovelove,
Iris


Friday, April 3, 2015

Introduction

Hi there!

Welcome on my new, freshly started blog. As a first blog, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself by telling you guys 10 things I love that you might not know yet.

1. I love my little garden. In the Netherlands we got free seeds for fruits, veggies & herbs and I love taking care of them. I get so excited when they grow! Which leads to number 2...
2. I get overly excited by little things, like flowers or little things I bought or good weather. Or my plants that are growing. This usually comes with a lot of weird hand clapping and laughing and screaming.
3. I love my friends, family & boyfriend. They are my support system<3
4. I love cleaning up my room. I know this is one not a lot of you will get but I think there is nothing better than cleaning out my closet or room or redecorate it. It makes me so calm.
5. I love my workouts. There is nothing better than doing a workout, am I right?! I turned 22 last month and this year nothing is going to stop me to become a better version of myself (which is also why I am called Iris2.0, I want to be the next and better version of myself) and part of that is by working out a lot.
6. I love baking, and especially when I try out a new healthy recipe and it turns out so good. This is also what you will find on this blog mostly - recipes of healthy and delicious treats.
7. I love books. As a kid, I used to read so much it was insane. For the last years, I kind of lost touch with it because I had to read so much for my study. The last year I tried to pick it up again because I just love having a cup of tea while getting lost in another world.
8. I am addicted to tea. And water. Especially during days where I don't have to leave the house I drink liters of them. But if I leave the house you can bet on it that I have a bottle of water with me.
9. I love pictures. I always take too many pictures but I just it when you look at a picture later but still get the feeling you got when it happened<3
10. I love to get inspired! If you have a blog or instagram account, please let me know. I also love to inspire others so if you want take a look at my instagram, @iris2.0, and I hope I can inspire you <3

Have a beautiful eastern lovelies! Are you gonna do something fun? I am going out for brunching with one family and visiting the other one after - a big task to try to have some balance that day. The rest I will be spending studying because I have a testweek next week - boohoo, I know. But I won't let myself get down! That's why I decided to set up some goals for April, to not loose track of my wishes.

1. Doing the #BikiniBodyGuide by fitgirls.nl. Sounds exciting!!
2. Do the Kayla Itsines workout every week (I  tend to want this but then after half a week giving up and wishing for the week after. Every single week).
3. Eating Healthy
4. Going for a walk every week while listening to an audio book. I got inspired by someone last week who said she always does this. It sounds so relaxing so I really really want to try it.
5. Do yoga at least 5 times a week. This is a must in my testweek, I need to take some time to relax and destress and get that stiff body moving on study days
6. Run at least 30 km in this month. It might not sound like much but like with the Kayla guide, I always plan to run 2 times a week and end up doing once or not even at all. This month I will run 30 km, which in my case means about 2 times a week. If I don't do that for a week, I only have myself because before May starts I need to have run 30 km!
7. Read at least 2 books and no, not study books. I need to take more time to relax with a cup of tea and a book.
8. Start playing guitar again. I have a beautiful, beautiful guitar in my room (a Big Baby Taylor) but I stopped trying to learn how the play the guitar. This month, after my exams, I want to start playing guitar again :)

I hope I didn't scare you guys away with this first blog! If you have any questions, feel free to comment or find me at instagram as iris2.0

Lovelovelove,
Iris